| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to violations of county ordinances; |
| 3 | amending s. 125.69, F.S.; authorizing a county to specify |
| 4 | by ordinance penalties for a violation of certain county |
| 5 | ordinances; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 125.69, Florida |
| 10 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 125.69 Penalties; enforcement by code inspectors.- |
| 12 | (1) Violations of county ordinances shall be prosecuted in |
| 13 | the same manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted. Such violations |
| 14 | shall be prosecuted in the name of the state in a court having |
| 15 | jurisdiction of misdemeanors by the prosecuting attorney thereof |
| 16 | and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed |
| 17 | $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 60 days |
| 18 | or by both such fine and imprisonment. However, a county may |
| 19 | specify, by ordinance, a violation of a county ordinance which |
| 20 | is punishable by a fine in an amount exceeding $500, but not |
| 21 | exceeding $2,000 a day, if the county must have authority to |
| 22 | punish a violation of that ordinance by a fine in an amount |
| 23 | greater than $500 in order for the county to carry out a |
| 24 | federally mandated program. A county may also specify, by |
| 25 | ordinance, that a violation of any provision of a county |
| 26 | ordinance imposing standards of conduct and disclosure |
| 27 | requirements as provided in s. 112.326 is punishable by a fine |
| 28 | not to exceed $1,000 or a term of imprisonment in the county |
| 29 | jail not to exceed 1 year. |
| 30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |